I am squatting on the floor in Prabhavati Jaiswar’s home when she turns to me and says, “I don’t make tea very often, but would you like a cup?” The 37 year-old’s house, located in the Rajiv Gandhi Nagar colony of Dharavi, a sprawling slum located in the heart of Mumbai, has two parts. A wall,…
The Goa Police launched a mobile application for helping citizens to reach out for instant help in times of emergency, easily access Goa Police, and to add to the overall vigilance in the state. A spokesperson of Goa police on Monday said that it is an effort to build a simple yet effective…
A few months after the tragic December 2012 Nirbhaya incident in Delhi that shocked the nation, a small team of seven people brainstormed in their office in the national capital. They were developing an Android app that would make people feel safer. Pukar, the free Android app, is an initiative…
Zicom Electronic Security System Ltd has launched a women safety app Ziman for women due to immense increment in the crimes against women when a number of preventives has been taken and seem to be ineffective. The app uniquely provides 24X7 responsive services to the victims in danger by…
Women and girls in Nainital, India, will now be able to alert the police and family members, in times of distress, thanks to a new app called SOS Shouryaa launched by finance minister Indira Hriydesh on Independence Day at the Nainital police office. The app, launched on the android platform,…
As part of its initiative to become a citizen-friendly and responsive force, Hyderabad Police on Wednesday launched a mobile phone application to empower members of the public, improve their security and reach out to them at the time of distress. The app, `Hawk Eye’, seeks to turn common people…
VithU, is an emergency App in India that, at the click of the power button of your smartphone 2 times consecutively begins sending out alert messages every 2 minutes to your contacts that you feed into the app as the designated receivers or guardians. The message says “I am in danger. I need…
Named ‘Himmat’ it is an initiative by Delhi Police for women safety in New Delhi. The application was launched specifically for women travelling alone late at night. Women can use its features to alert Delhi police in case of any threat. The Himmat app can be downloaded free of cost from the…
An app from Microsoft India to prevent crimes against women. That will enable people to summon help within minutes and create effective deterrents against such crimes. Guardian has a real-time tracking and intelligent SOS alert function, a call for help and recording the evidence of attack, this…
Chandigarh Police of India recently launched its women safety application, “Raksha” and also announced to set up an ATM-like kiosk where women will be able to lodge their complaints. It’s a machine – An Instant Complaint Lodging Internet Kiosk (IClik). Women have to register themselves with the…
